λειμών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps related to λίμνη (límnē, marshy lake) and λιμήν (limḗn) via Proto-Indo-European *(s)leym- (see *léymō).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

λειμών • (leimṓn) m (genitive λειμῶνος); third declension

  1. meadow
    Synonym: πῖσος (pîsos)
  2. (vulgar) vagina

Declension

References

  • λειμών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • λειμών”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • λειμών”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • λειμών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • λειμών in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • λειμών”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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